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  Weekly workload of an internationally representative sample of teachers. Each teacher was asked to report the number of hours they worked during the last week using three separate prompts:
  • Hours in Classroom: How many 60-minute hours did you spend on teaching at this school during your most recent complete calendar week?
  • General Estimate: During your most recent complete calendar week, approximately how many 60-minute hours did you spend in total on tasks related to your job at this school?
  • Specific Estimate: Approximately how many 60-minute hours did you spend on the following tasks during your most recent complete calendar week, in your job at this school?
    • How many 60-minute hours did you spend on teaching at this school during your most recent complete calendar week?
    • Individual planning or preparation of lessons either at school or out of school
    • Team work and dialogue with colleagues within this school
    • Marking/correcting of student work
    • Counseling students (including student supervision, mentoring, virtual counselling, career guidance and behaviour guidance)
    • Participation in school management
    • General administrative work (including communication, paperwork and other clerical duties)
    • Professional development activities
    • Communication and co-operation with parents or guardians
    • Engaging in extracurricular activities (e.g. sports and cultural activities after school)
    • Other work tasks